Babs ♡ Color & Theme: January 2015

Tuesday, 13 January 2015

Simple Photo Editing: PicMonkey & MS Paint

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www.picmonkey.com/blog/category/tutorials

PicMonkey Photo Editing

Since Pinterest is just my hobby, I have no need for professional editing. To optimize some pins I have been "playing around" with PicMonkey. It is a brilliant tool for quick editing of your photo's and very user friendly. I just used the browser based version. By clicking the "Edit" button on their home page, you can get started immediately.

To put pictures together I used MS Paint. It is probably possible to use PicMonkey for this also. I haven't read any of their tutorials yet, so I am not sure.

Examples

source: www.etsy.com/shop/cutiepiegoodies

Most of the lovely pictures of cutiepiegoodies are too small to get beautiful large pins. I used her pictures to learn more about the use and possibilities of PicMonkey. Cutiepiegoodies makes clothing and accessoires for newborn & children, which you can buy in her store at Etsy (see the source link).

On the left you see the collage of pictures in their normal colors. On the right I used the "boost" feature to enhance the colors. First I resized the pictures to 570 x 379 to easily fit them together in MS Paint. Personally I like the boosted version.

Then I made the picture on the right using the "Black and White" & "Boost" features to bring out all the tones a little more. With the picture on the left I used the "Frost" tool to bring out the white tones.

To change the picture to one dominant color turned out to be a lot more difficult. I used "Warhol" which allows you to pick a color for the dark tones as well as the light tones. You can get many different colored versions of the same picture. I found it hard to decide which colors to pick so it would make a nice picture to look at.

This is a version in purple and violet tones which I like a lot.

I duplicated and flipped these pictures or used different pictures and put them together in MS Paint. All repins need to be linked to cutiepiegoodies or credited to her name.

This quote just asks for different colors!

source: www.theyallhateus.com/style

Saturday, 3 January 2015

My Pinterest Group Boards - You are invited!

About my Pinterest Group Boards

Intro

You are invited to join my Pinterest group boards! That is, if you do not get discouraged by my explanation of how I like to work. Please make sure to read about the rules further in this post if you intend to join. Thank you for your interest.

How I work with themes and colors

I like my boards to show as a collage of pictures. Nice to look at and scroll through. To keep them from being chaotic I add 3 to 10 pins of the same theme (so not just a single pin).

I have one theme board for any theme you would like to share. Let's say the theme is bedrooms, then you have to add 3 to 10 pins of different bedrooms to this themed board. After that you can share 3 to 10 pins of a new theme. And so on.

I like my boards to show variety on themes. So if bedrooms were shown recently, you have to pick a different theme.

Then I also have boards on theme AND color. Let's say that you like red shoes. Then you have to add 3 to 10 pins of different red shoes to the red themed colorboard. Green shoes would go to the green themed color board. And so on.

There are many shades of the same color. So it is not about sharing pictures of the pure raw colors.

A theme is basically a subject you like to search on. Or maybe you have pins to share from your own boards.

These are my Group Board

My latest pins are shown here. Please visit my boards to see all the pins that are collected there.

Rules

1. Always add 3 to 10 pins of the same subject you chose.

10 is not an exact number, if you find a couple of more nice pins you like to add that is also ok. It is just to give you an idea of how the board works. 3 pins is the minimum, because it has to be a themed board, not a collection of random pins.

2. Check the board before you pick a theme

Before you start pinning, you have to check the board to see what was pinned previously, because I like variety on the board.
If the previous pinner pinned less then 10 pins of a theme (s)he picked, you could also decide to add some pins from (his)her theme.

3. Pick the right color board.

It is about the overall impression an image gives. Surroundings also play a role.

It is about shades of color. So the color range is big.

Example: a picture of a brown bear with all grey surroundings Then rather pick the grey board instead of the brown board. Unless the brown color would be really dominent, then add it to the brown board. It does happen that pictures would fit either board, then you pick which one you like to add it to.

4. Keep it neat.

Only add beautiful pictures that are nice to look at.

Keep an eye on the overall look of the board, do not hesitate to rearrange your pins or remove them if they do not seem to fit after all.

Use short descriptions.

No nudity, obscenities or advertising.

I reserve the right to remove any unwanted pins.

Conclusion

Of course it is up to you to decide which boards you would like to join. If you like the color and theme idea, just let me know to what color board(s) you would like to be invited to. Just leave a comment on my pin.

I could also invite you to the themes only board, then you dont have to think about color.

If you think it's too much of a hassle then I understand. You could just join and see how it goes. Just share whenever you feel like sharing. Or not join at all. It's up to you.

I know it is a long story and most people are not used to pin in this way. I hope you understand what I am trying to create and didn't get discouraged to join my goup boards!

I am looking forward to hear from you so we can build some nice boards together :)

Tip for newbies: All group boards you join, will also be shown on your own profile. You can easily rearrange the boards on your profile by dragging them to where you want them to be.

Thursday, 1 January 2015

DION - Magician & Dancer

www.dionillusion.com

www.facebook.com/Dionillusion

DION

Dion is a professional illusionist who won many national and international magic awards. Started at the age of 6, he became European Champion of Magic being only 19 years old.

He performed his magic acts in Russia, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Canada, the United Kingdom, Poland, Sweden, Switzerland, Germany, France, Monaco, Spain, Andorra, Italy, and many more countries over the world.

You can read his full biography here: www.dionillusion.com/biography.php

Dion used to be my neighbour and he was my son's friend. From early age on he showed a lot of creativity. I remember him playing the drums and motivating his friends to go play "street artists". Going in line through the streets making their music.

After he got a children's magic box a whole new world opened for him. He didn't just play around with some tricks, like most children do. He wanted to be a magician!

He also grew affinity for dance which he calls his second passion.

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"Good Morning"

My latest pins are shown here. Please visit my board to see all the pins that are collected there. All repins need to be linked to his website or credited to his name.

Follow Pinterest's board Dion - Magician & Dancer (press F5 to see board impression).